It seems someone may be unhappy with the New York Times
coverage of ongoing controversy surrounding Hurricane Sandy recovery funding in
the City of Hoboken.

The attorney representing the governor in the bridgegate
probe has filed an Open Public Record request seeking all correspondence
between more than a dozen city officials and the New York Times relating to the
governor, Hurricane Sandy assistance, the Rockefeller Group and development of
the city's North End.

The OPRA request includes any correspondence given to the
Times by Mayor Dawn Zimmer, members of the city's council and planning board
and several members of Zimmer's staff, as well as those obtained by the Times
via OPRA requests "from on or about January 1, 2014."

Attorney Randy Mastro also is seeking Zimmer's journal, in
which she has said she documented an encounter with Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno during
which she said Guadagno attempted to strong arm her into supporting a local
development project by tying hurricane relief aid to her support.

According to the OPRA request, Mastro hopes to obtain "A
copy of the entire, unredacted notebook, memo pad, or journal in the
possession, custody of Hoboken Mayor Zimmer, portions of which were provided by
Mayor Zimmer or her office to the press (i.e. MSNBC, CNN and the N.Y. Daily
News) on or about January 18 and/or January 19. 2014."

Zimmer said Guadagno told her aid to the city could be
choked off if she failed to support the development proposed by the Rockefeller
group for the city's North End. Zimmer previously handed over portions of the
journal to an MSNBC reporter who broke the story.

According to a letter from city OPRA records clerk Mike
Mastropasqua obtained by NJ.com the city has denied the request for the
journal, but has asked all officials named in the request to turn over any
correspondence given to the New York Times "in your official capacity"
regarding the Christie administration, Hurricane Sandy relief, the Rockefeller
Group and the North End.

According to the letter, the response from the city
officials is due tomorrow.

The revelation of the request from Mastro comes a day after
the Record of Hackensack revealed that Mastro was seeking to interview Zimmer
and had requested copies of documents Zimmer and others in the administration
have already handed over as part of a federal subpoena.

Zimmer spokesman Juan Melli, who was named in the OPRA
request, did not return calls for comment.

It's unknown why Mastro is requesting the documents and the
attorney could not be reached for comment.

Mastro has been hired by the administration with the broad
mandate of responding to the various subpoenas as well as conducting an
internal review. The firm is charging
$650 per hour for its work